Corrupt officials from the office of the Auditor General demanded shs 100 million bribe from Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko in order to write a “favorable Audit report”.
Governor Mike Sonko shocked the congregation at ACK Jogoo road during the COTU workers day thanksgiving church service.
Sonko reveled that several junior officers in collusion with a few officers from his administration visited him deep into the night and demanded the bribe.
Sonko said he asked them why is it that his predecessor Evans Kidero bribed them yet bad Audit reports were still written.
“For Kidero, it was much more than yours” he said the auditors told him.
He said he refused to part with shs 100 million and that they demanded shs 50 million.
Sonko said he remained defiant and that after a week, the corrupt Auditors brought him a draft Audit report.
“Governor, see this report is bad,” they told him.
However, Sonko said he cannot be omnipresent in the County and that he does not sit in every County office so as to take responsibility for every County employee’s actions.
“Why should I pay for a good audit report to be written about the county government? Why should I take responsibility for the theft of junior county officers?” he posed.
He said that after two days, Auditor General Edward Ouko released his report and that the fake audit report was also signed.
In the report, one company associated with Meru Senator Mithika Linturi’s brother was listed as having done work on Nduaru road in Dagoreti South Constituency.
The company was allegedly paid shs 38 million for the work.
“Senator Linturi asked about it. However, this was a draft report. I have my records, the work was not awarded, no job was done and no payment was made!”
“The report was to frighten me to give out a bribe. Linturi said I am a thief,” he told the shocked congregation.
Sonko said that he has had to sack several corrupt officers at City Hall and that he was happy at least 11 accountants were arrested on Friday over corruption at City Hall.
They will be arraigned in Court on Monday.
He commended the DPP and EACC for their renewed vigor on the war against corruption.
Sonko wondered how the County Government of Nairobi could embezzle shs 20 billon out of a budget of shs 30 billion as had been earlier alleged.
He said the Nairobi County’s recurrent expenditure per months is shs 1.2 billion.
“During the last financial year, we spend shs 11 billon on workers’ salaries, we paid KRA shs 3 billion, treasury shs 10.9 billion, 300 million was spent on bursaries, shs 2 billion paid to roads contractors, shs 300 million paid to LAPTRUST , shs 700 million LAPFUND . How is the mathematics,” Sonko posed.